Aldi (or other) Ceramic Fan Heaters

GunJack

the Aldi ones recently had people raving about them, 900/1800W settings and apparently warmed a room up in 10 mins!! Anyone had any real experience of ceramic fan heaters and are they any good compared to oil-filled rads or other similar plug'n'play heaters?? May need to invest in something short term for a family member as their ancient storage heaters are pretty unreliable , so any sensible feedback welcomed

[Deleted User]

1800W is 1800W, they're not magic.

Rodders53

900 Watts or 1800 Watts (2 x 900 W) from any fan heater of the same power rating will warm the same room at the same speed.

It's the Laws of Physics.  

Simples.

Oil filled vs fan:
Fan noise can be an issue with some.
Oil takes time to get hot then ages to cool down; so may need some planning to use effectively.

BOTH use expensive peak rate electricity.

Storage heaters are fairly simple beasts so may just need some TLC to work better (and use off peak electric which should be cheaper).

doodling

Hi,

All electric heaters are 100% efficient so if it is a 1000W heater you will get the same amount of heat out of it no matter whether it is made of ceramic, steel, or anything else.

As has been noted, if a heater has significant thermal.mess (e.g. oil filler radiators) then there may be a delay in you getting that heat, but that is compensated for by a delay in the heater cooling down after you turn it off.

Overall, it will almost certainly be cheaper to get the storage heaters fixed given the cost of peak rate electricity.

SAC2334

Adverising cons as usual .

 Personally I think its better to just use a halogen heater with three settings 400/800 and 1200 ..(No fan ) but a turn switch which rotates it from side to side .and if you are on your own and pretty tight fisted , then just sit fairly close to it on the 400 w setting or 800 w on colder days . 

They re not good at heating rooms up but can heat the person up ok 

TheGardener

SAC2334 said:

Adverising cons as usual .

 Personally I think its better to just use a halogen heater with three settings 400/800 and 1200 ..(No fan ) but a turn switch which rotates it from side to side .and if you are on your own and pretty tight fisted , then just sit fairly close to it on the 400 w setting or 800 w on colder days . 

They re not good at heating rooms up but can heat the person up ok 

Halogens are dreadful if you have children, pets or the elderly who are a bit unsteady on their feet or with compromised eyesight. For safety, I'd go with the oil-filled radiators as they rarely tip over and won't set things on fire so easily.  

markin

The are IR panels or prints, That will heat the person first then the objects, walls, floors.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Princess-Consumption-Adjustable-Thermostat-01-343700-02-001/dp/B09KHCC36F/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Infrared+Heater+Panel 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cold-Fighting-Product-Infrared-Electric/dp/B07RXQ6VXX/ref=sr_1_17?keywords=Infrared+Heater+Panel 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Infrared-Heater-Roll-able-Heating-8-12m2/dp/B01N287GME/ref=sr_1_21?keywords=Infrared+Heater+Panel

Glum

Resistive electric heaters are 100% efficient. The only caveat is that a fan is wasting a few Watts to circulate the air rather than heating it. An oil-filled convection radiator is 100% regardless of power input.

SAC2334

TheGardener said:

SAC2334 said:

Adverising cons as usual .

 Personally I think its better to just use a halogen heater with three settings 400/800 and 1200 ..(No fan ) but a turn switch which rotates it from side to side .and if you are on your own and pretty tight fisted , then just sit fairly close to it on the 400 w setting or 800 w on colder days . 

They re not good at heating rooms up but can heat the person up ok 

Halogens are dreadful if you have children, pets or the elderly who are a bit unsteady on their feet or with compromised eyesight. For safety, I'd go with the oil-filled radiators as they rarely tip over and won't set things on fire so easily.  

All the halogen heaters I have seen have an automatic cut off if they tip over. Incorrect info to say they can set things on fire .They also have that low setting of only 400 watts less than half the minimum setting of an oil filled radiator .

Spoonie_Turtle

SAC2334 said:

TheGardener said:

SAC2334 said:

Adverising cons as usual .

 Personally I think its better to just use a halogen heater with three settings 400/800 and 1200 ..(No fan ) but a turn switch which rotates it from side to side .and if you are on your own and pretty tight fisted , then just sit fairly close to it on the 400 w setting or 800 w on colder days . 

They re not good at heating rooms up but can heat the person up ok 

Halogens are dreadful if you have children, pets or the elderly who are a bit unsteady on their feet or with compromised eyesight. For safety, I'd go with the oil-filled radiators as they rarely tip over and won't set things on fire so easily.  

All the halogen heaters I have seen have an automatic cut off if they tip over. Incorrect info to say they can set things on fire .They also have that low setting of only 400 watts less than half the minimum setting of an oil filled radiator .

I melted my top on one sitting too close (because it still wasn't warming me up properly, just the part of me closest to the heater - I wasn't a fan of them to start with anyway because they're so useless).  I can well see a stray piece of dangling cloth, large piece of floating lint, or some long fur attached to a pet, starting a fire.

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Oh, they really can - speaking from experience.